The latest U.S. News and World Report on the top high schools in the U.S. named an all-immigrant school as one of the best in the country.New York City’s Newcomers High School was ranked in sixth by the magazine ahead of better-known private institutes in the metropolis. Newcomers specializes in assisting youth have arrived in New York in the past year and teaches not only the usual academics but also aspects of U.S. culture. Of the roughly 1000 students enrolled from 30 countries, about 90 % of pupils move on to a four-year college.
The school’s principal knows all too well what it’s like to try to assimilate to life in the U.S.; a quality much appreciated by his students:
"For many students, they were at JFK [airport] Wednesday, and today they are here," said Principal Orlando Sarmiento, a native of Colombia. "This is a little Ellis Island"…Image- New York Daily News (“Newcomers High is one of 12 NYC public school among U.S. News & World Report's best 100 high schools. Above, Newcomers teacher Catherine Del Frate with students.”)
"From the very beginning, we stress that we have very high expectations and then we work hard to meet the needs of the whole child," said Sarmiento, a founding teacher at the school, which is making its debut on the list…
"It's really cool," said Eric Leon, 18, who emigrated from Ecuador. "The people are great. I understand better these cultures. I feel more like home."
Online Sources- New York Daily News, NY1, NBC New York
This is great news! I hope to that other schools that are not performing so well will take not of what this school is doing that seems to work.
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